2nd half wRC+ Maldy 82, Heim 77 Abreu 109, Lowe 114 Altuve 164, Semien 142 Bregman 151, Jung 71 Pena 101, Seager 162 Brantley 96, Carter 180 Dubon 106, Grossman 141 Chas 141, Taveras 72 Tucker 153, Garcia 120 Yordsn 175, Garver 148 * Diaz 150
Yes the Rangers had 3 starters with a lower wRC+ than Maldy in the 2nd half Heim 76, Jung 71, and Taveras 72.
Altuve was 90 OPS greater than Semien this year. Marcus is a better defender, but Altuve's postseason history is better. Agreed with Tucker > Garcia Altuve and Semien both had subpar LDSs, but Altuve was still 100 OPS points better in the series. Taggart was trying hard to post pictures of Rangers.
So I took wRC+ for full season ( ×3), 2nd half (×2), and post season (×1) to get an average wRC+ for the 20 position players (10 most used on each team) 1) Yordan 206 2) Carter 198* 3) Seager 187 4) Garver 156 5) Altuve 144 6) Chas 131 7) Tucker 130 8) Bregman 129 9) Garcia 124 10) Abreu 117 11) Semien 115 12) Jung 114 13) Dubon 105 14) Brantley 103* 15) Lowe 102 16) Grossman 100 17) Pena 95 18) Taveras 89 19) Heim 84 20) Maldy 63 * very few PA Diaz would be 97 due to terrible postseason game. He would be 136 for regular season only.
Fair enough but Semien was a 7 WAR player and Altuve prorates to a little under 5 for a full season. I’ll take the 162 game sample size over the 90 games. I wouldn’t argue with a push, but I don’t think you can say Altuve is the better second baseman this season.
it's the postseason. nobody cares what you did in the regular season. And simien in the first two rounds hasn't exactly been good
Defensive difference must be pretty great. Semien should thank Astros injuries and Astros Opponent's MVP for playing inferior players so Altuve could score less runs and get fewer RBIs.
how did that 162 games performance work out for balt, lad, and atl. great predictor eh tuve has more than enough sample size to speak for himself. and that's contributing to winning. easily my 2b over Simien anyday
I don't think there is a wrong answer here. Both are superstars. I have no idea how Semien's bWAR is 1.1 more than his fWAR, while Altuve's is 1.2 less? I honestly don't understand what is used to construct WAR by the various sites and what the difference is. By fWAR Semien is 6.3 and Altuve is 7.2 per 162 games. By bWAR Semien is 7.4 and Altuve is 5.0 I would say that's pretty even. Averaged out it's 0.8 difference with each having the upper hand in one of the sites. I think that makes post season the tie breaker so I'm taking Altuve. Just my opinion.
I'm getting this feeling we are witnessing 90s Braves part 2, and the only WS they'll end up winning over a decade of excellence is going to be the 21 series against us. Sigh....
All of this back and forth over a column written by a MLB.com writer based in New York......OF COURSE he's going to lean TX and hope and predict the Rangers knock us off.....finally
